The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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Page 56
... forces valuable , since events and forces may be increasingly directed , in accordance with man's own plan of life , to their human , and eventually their divine , destination . While this fact makes man an active mediator it does not ...
... forces valuable , since events and forces may be increasingly directed , in accordance with man's own plan of life , to their human , and eventually their divine , destination . While this fact makes man an active mediator it does not ...
Page 228
... forces that operate through institutional mechanisms from day to day . ( In terms of our sociological schema the personal processes of formulation and incarnation must be followed through by the social processes of incorporation and ...
... forces that operate through institutional mechanisms from day to day . ( In terms of our sociological schema the personal processes of formulation and incarnation must be followed through by the social processes of incorporation and ...
Page 306
... forces of barbarism whose existence Spengler had already ominously pointed to . As in most other discussions of the ... force , a nisus , a thrust toward con- centration , organization , and life . " William James's looser ...
... forces of barbarism whose existence Spengler had already ominously pointed to . As in most other discussions of the ... force , a nisus , a thrust toward con- centration , organization , and life . " William James's looser ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York